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Slowly she turned: the strange trajectory of Kathleen Wynne: Salutinhttps://www.thestar.com/opinion/commentary/2016/12/09/slowly-she-turned-the-strange-trajectory-of-kathleen-wynne-salutin.html
4fc5f475-be0d-4342-ba7b-660468f97007Fri, 9 Dec 2016 06:00:00 EST
<img src="https://www.thestar.com/content/dam/thestar/opinion/commentary/2016/12/09/slowly-she-turned-the-strange-trajectory-of-kathleen-wynne-salutin/premier-kathleen-wynne-and-toronto-mayor-john-tory-059.jpg.size.xxlarge.original.jpg"/><br/>The Premier stands in stark contrast to John Tory — a leader with the guts to do what most of us assumed Wynne would and he couldn’t
Rick Salutin - ColumnistPremier Kathleen Wynne's leadership stands in stark relief to Toronto Mayor John Tory's, writes Rick Salutin. "He’s now taken the position she should have, committing to a revenue increase in the form of road tolls. Voters aren’t even freaking out! Wynne has summoned the courage to merely say she won’t disallow it. Olé, premier!."
Richard J. BrennanToronto Star File PhotoPolitical failure comes in many forms: Salutinhttps://www.thestar.com/opinion/commentary/2016/12/02/political-failure-comes-in-many-forms-salutin.html
a210984e-6ec8-411f-8df5-921cd95a4890Fri, 2 Dec 2016 06:00:00 EST
<img src="https://www.thestar.com/content/dam/thestar/opinion/commentary/2016/12/02/political-failure-comes-in-many-forms-salutin/afpil4ly.jpg.size.xxlarge.original.jpg"/><br/>Generational faith loss is a tricky catch-all and you might be more likely to invoke it when votes like Brexit or Trump didn’t go your way.
Rick Salutin - ColumnistPeople participate in a massive rally at Revolution Square in Havana in honor of late leader Fidel Castro.
Castro. "Fidel eventually acknowledged he’d got a lot wrong, including economically (“The Cuban model doesn’t even work for us any more.”) But by then he lacked the energy, or just the will, for do-overs," writes Rick Salutin.PEDRO PARDOAFP/GETTY IMAGESThe Trump era is here – time for a good thinkhttps://www.thestar.com/opinion/commentary/2016/11/25/the-trump-era-is-here-time-for-a-good-think.html
339c6c7f-cadb-488b-b576-b1070699c81cFri, 25 Nov 2016 06:00:00 EST
<img src="https://www.thestar.com/content/dam/thestar/opinion/commentary/2016/11/25/the-trump-era-is-here-time-for-a-good-think/donaldtrump.jpg.size.xxlarge.original.jpg"/><br/>We’ll need to think our way, as well as act, through the Trump years. Otherwise it will be overwhelmingly upsetting and nobody will get any decent sleep.
Rick Salutin - ColumnistDonald Trump has no ideology, writes Rick Salutin; he has narcissism instead.Carolyn KasterAPTime for electoral reform is now — and always was: Salutinhttps://www.thestar.com/opinion/commentary/2016/11/18/time-for-electoral-reform-is-now-and-always-was-salutin.html
8a3f2525-016d-4de2-a3b6-c99e59ab1a2dFri, 18 Nov 2016 06:00:00 EST
<img src="https://www.thestar.com/content/dam/thestar/opinion/commentary/2016/11/18/time-for-electoral-reform-is-now-and-always-was-salutin/cpt147352831.jpg.size.xxlarge.original.jpg"/><br/>Between Clinton winning the popular vote and Trudeau reneging on voting reforms, democracy is in the spotlight.
Rick Salutin - ColumnistWhat type of electoral reform should the Liberals go for? asks Rick Salutin. "IMHO, the ranked ballot would be the easiest sell."Peter PowerTHE CANADIAN PRESSHow best to mount an anti-Trump opposition?https://www.thestar.com/opinion/commentary/2016/11/11/how-best-to-mount-an-anti-trump-opposition.html
d68f3986-ea91-406b-8d12-1fde85ead730Fri, 11 Nov 2016 06:00:00 EST
<img src="https://www.thestar.com/content/dam/thestar/opinion/commentary/2016/11/11/how-best-to-mount-an-anti-trump-opposition/afphy8q2.jpg.size.xxlarge.original.jpg"/><br/>At its best what could emerge from Trump’s victory is a revitalization of U.S. politics in a sense beyond mere elections.
Rick Salutin - ColumnistDemonstrators gather to protest a day after President-elect Donald Trump's victory, at a rally outside Los Angeles City Hall in Los Angeles, Protesters burned a giant orange-haired head of Donald Trump in effigy, lit fires ins the streets and blocked traffic lanes late on Wednesday as rage over the billionaire's election victory spilled onto the streets of U.S. cities. From New York to Los Angeles, thousands of people in around 10 cities rallied against the president-elect a day after his stunning win, some carrying signs declaiming "Not our President" and "Love trumps hate."RINGO CHIUAFP/GETTY IMAGESClosing arguments on the U.S. election: Salutinhttps://www.thestar.com/opinion/commentary/2016/11/04/closing-arguments-on-the-us-election-salutin.html
65354a74-21ce-441a-b622-a10ce0691066Fri, 4 Nov 2016 06:00:00 EDT
<img src="https://www.thestar.com/content/dam/thestar/opinion/commentary/2016/11/04/closing-arguments-on-the-us-election-salutin/afpho4gm.jpg.size.xxlarge.original.jpg"/><br/>What to make of Clinton, Trump and even Sanders before decision day
Rick Salutin - ColumnistAmericans have to choose between The Crook and The Sleaze, writes Rick Salutin.PAUL J. RICHARDSAFP/GETTY IMAGESA government suddenly gone tone deaf: Salutinhttps://www.thestar.com/opinion/commentary/2016/10/28/a-government-suddenly-gone-tone-deaf-salutin.html
227a036c-0ef9-4937-ac97-827f46374265Fri, 28 Oct 2016 06:00:00 EDT
<img src="https://www.thestar.com/content/dam/thestar/opinion/commentary/2016/10/28/a-government-suddenly-gone-tone-deaf-salutin/fxc101368664.jpg.size.xxlarge.original.jpg"/><br/>Three cases of how the federal Liberals seem to have lost the perfect pitch they enjoyed pre and post election
Rick Salutin - ColumnistNavdeep Bains, Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development, talks to reporters in foyer of the House of Commons in Ottawa, to comment on the job cuts announcement made by Bombardier last week. "(Bains) said Bombardier’s CEO was in touch with him the day before," writes Rick Salutin. "He didn’t say anything about talking to the union or workers but why would he? They’ve been neutered by free trade deals that shipped jobs elsewhere and left them without significant leverage."FRED CHARTRANDTHE CANADIAN PRESSI see no value in values: Salutinhttps://www.thestar.com/opinion/commentary/2016/10/21/i-see-no-value-in-values-salutin.html
720ff543-4282-47f4-8ec1-321369ca18a3Fri, 21 Oct 2016 06:00:00 EDT
<img src="https://www.thestar.com/content/dam/thestar/opinion/commentary/2016/10/21/i-see-no-value-in-values-salutin/tab-na-panam9.jpg.size.xxlarge.original.jpg"/><br/>Values are slight and transient. You can’t really pursue them. They’re more like happiness or love: they tend to be by-products or end results of other experiences.
Rick Salutin - ColumnistWhat are the Canadian values Conservative Kellie Leitch and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau have talked about? "I don’t think you can ever be embarrassed by simply approaching others with respect for their own ability to make their life choices, including their values," wrties Rick Salutin.DreamstimeDays of Awe: the ‘world’ gapes at U.S. politics: Salutinhttps://www.thestar.com/opinion/commentary/2016/10/14/days-of-awe-the-world-gapes-at-us-politics-salutin.html
3546d659-18ed-42d9-9bb8-f57d6c883a49Fri, 14 Oct 2016 06:00:00 EDT
<img src="https://www.thestar.com/content/dam/thestar/opinion/commentary/2016/10/14/days-of-awe-the-world-gapes-at-us-politics-salutin/2016-10-12t214020z66355236tm3ecac1cyy01rtrmadp3usa-election.jpg.size.xxlarge.original.jpg"/><br/>Experiencing the Trump drama is like watching a tragic play that will engulf you but you’re not even a character in it
Rick Salutin - ColumnistRepublican U.S. presidential nominee Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally in Lakeland, Florida, this week. "People all over the world watch (the U.S. election) not merely in fascination but dread. That’s untrue of any other nation’s politics," writes Rick Salutin.MIKE SEGARREUTERSFreedom of speech and the great pronouns debate: Salutinhttps://www.thestar.com/opinion/commentary/2016/10/07/freedom-of-speech-and-the-great-pronouns-debate-salutin.html
9b8680c5-9d9a-4a76-acdf-40e3dfe6f20aFri, 7 Oct 2016 06:00:00 EDT
<img src="https://www.thestar.com/content/dam/thestar/opinion/commentary/2016/10/07/freedom-of-speech-and-the-great-pronouns-debate-salutin/vt-jordan-peterson-protest-013rally.jpg.size.xxlarge.original.jpg"/><br/>A U of T professor’s refusal to use the pronouns chosen by his students reflects today’s issues surrounding free speech
Rick Salutin - ColumnistCassandra Williams (wearing pink scarf) listens to Wesley Williams, a non-binary activist and former U of T student as he speaks to the crowd at the Jordan Peterson protest rally on Wednesday at the University of Toronto.Vince TalottaToronto StarDoes anyone know who really won that debate? Salutinhttps://www.thestar.com/opinion/commentary/2016/09/30/does-anyone-know-who-really-won-that-debate-salutin.html
fce6b8c9-70f0-48a9-b249-aa93622d15e6Fri, 30 Sep 2016 06:00:00 EDT
<img src="https://www.thestar.com/content/dam/thestar/opinion/commentary/2016/09/30/does-anyone-know-who-really-won-that-debate-salutin/afpgk05d.jpg.size.xxlarge.original.jpg"/><br/>In politics, we tend to see what we want or need to. You’re looking for an outcome, yearning for it.
Rick Salutin - ColumnistRepublican nominee Donald Trump and Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton speak during the first presidential debate at Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York on Monday.PAUL J. RICHARDSAFP/GETTY IMAGESLessons learned from ‘The Jewish Hour’https://www.thestar.com/opinion/commentary/2016/09/23/lessons-learned-from-the-jewish-hour.html
fb197d0a-16e1-4615-8420-6cb6ff19f224Fri, 23 Sep 2016 06:00:00 EDT
<img src="https://www.thestar.com/content/dam/thestar/opinion/commentary/2016/09/23/lessons-learned-from-the-jewish-hour/mandel-michael.jpg.size.xxlarge.original.jpg"/><br/>A lovely book by the late Michael Mandel about Toronto's Jewish immigrants reveals a template for recent refugees
Rick Salutin - ColumnistThe late Michael Mandel, an "irascible" Osgoode Hall Law School professor and "eccentricc opera singer" wrote a "lovely, loving new book" about Toronto's early Jewish immigrants, writes Rick Salutin.TORONTO STAR FILE PHOTORev. Vosper and the heretics of Scarborough: Salutinhttps://www.thestar.com/opinion/commentary/2016/09/16/rev-vosper-and-the-heretics-of-scarborough-salutin.html
d49e27b8-a216-42b2-9ea1-9036d1639471Fri, 16 Sep 2016 06:00:00 EDT
<img src="https://www.thestar.com/content/dam/thestar/opinion/commentary/2016/09/16/rev-vosper-and-the-heretics-of-scarborough-salutin/gretta-vosper.jpg.size.xxlarge.original.jpg"/><br/>United Church of Canada minister, who faces defrocking for being an atheist, and her congregation probably want a little meaning in their lives that feels — meaningful
Rick Salutin - ColumnistUnited Church minister Gretta Vosper holds sevice at West Hill United Church on Sunday.Randy RislingToronto StarColin Kaepernick is The Slow Citizen: Salutinhttps://www.thestar.com/opinion/commentary/2016/09/09/colin-kaepernick-is-the-slow-citizen-salutin.html
f01f7608-6047-4aec-b858-2932cab1e52cFri, 9 Sep 2016 06:00:00 EDT
<img src="https://www.thestar.com/content/dam/thestar/opinion/commentary/2016/09/09/colin-kaepernick-is-the-slow-citizen-salutin/2016-09-02t133754z1544428069tm3ec920qkx01rtrmadp3nfl-kaeper.jpg.size.xxlarge.original.jpg"/><br/>The NFL quarterback's mindful protest of social injustices suddenly represents an effective and long-simmering movement
Rick Salutin - ColumnistSan Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick talks to media in San Franciso earlier this month. Kaepernick, who decided to kneel during the national anthem until there is significant change in the way people of colour are treated in America, represents the slow movement, write Rick Salutin.USA TODAY SPORTSJake Roth-USA TODAY SportsParents are not their kids’ ‘primary educators’https://www.thestar.com/opinion/commentary/2016/09/02/parents-are-not-their-kids-primary-educators.html
a40fb8d9-8500-49e8-8d53-43f46c4a2720Fri, 2 Sep 2016 00:00:00 EDT
<img src="https://www.thestar.com/content/dam/thestar/opinion/commentary/2016/09/02/parents-are-not-their-kids-primary-educators/schoolbus.jpg.size.xxlarge.original.jpg"/><br/>In a well-functioning social system, parents parent and teachers teach.
Rick Salutin - ColumnistParents may be secondarily - perhaps metaphorically - educators, just as educators can fill in parentally - but that’s symbolic too, writes Rick Salutin.Seth PerlmanAPThe squirrel in the kitchen and climate change: Salutinhttps://www.thestar.com/opinion/commentary/2016/08/26/the-squirrel-in-the-kitchen-and-climate-change-salutin.html
e6b81f39-e04f-491c-9eed-6e1ab2c7d81eFri, 26 Aug 2016 06:00:00 EDT
<img src="https://www.thestar.com/content/dam/thestar/opinion/commentary/2016/08/26/the-squirrel-in-the-kitchen-and-climate-change-salutin/k0xbnfz2.jpg.size.xxlarge.original.jpg"/><br/>My kitchen invader reminds me of how our amicable divorce from nature has led us to lose touch with its danger and power to disrupt by re-entering our space
Rick Salutin - ColumnistWhat happens when a squirrel gets in the house? "There’s such a sharp separation involved: them out there, us inside," writes Rick Salutin. "Panic looms if it breaks down."Aaron ElkaimToronto Star File PhotoCould this be the question that killed journalism?: Salutinhttps://www.thestar.com/opinion/commentary/2016/08/19/could-this-be-the-question-that-killed-journalism-salutin.html
154bab40-bd38-4ea9-82f8-2868ce002f24Fri, 19 Aug 2016 06:00:00 EDT
<img src="https://www.thestar.com/content/dam/thestar/opinion/commentary/2016/08/19/could-this-be-the-question-that-killed-journalism-salutin/jennerich-and-obee.jpg.size.xxlarge.original.jpg"/><br/>What is it with Olympic interviewers who ask, “What are you feeling?”
Rick Salutin - ColumnistCanada's Lindsay Jennerich and Patricia Obee celebrate after winning silver medals in the Women's Double Sculls rowing competition at the Rio Olympic Games, August 12, 2016.DAMIEN MEYERAFP/GETTY IMAGESMaybe it’s time for the NDP to return to socialism: Salutinhttps://www.thestar.com/opinion/commentary/2016/08/16/maybe-its-time-for-the-ndp-to-return-to-socialism-salutin.html
6f1f8c42-32ef-47ce-b2dc-4f2f7e1f74a9Tue, 16 Aug 2016 06:00:00 EDT
<img src="https://www.thestar.com/content/dam/thestar/opinion/commentary/2016/08/16/maybe-its-time-for-the-ndp-to-return-to-socialism-salutin/tommulcair.jpg.size.xxlarge.original.jpg"/><br/>The party should look to its roots not out of nostalgia, but out of sheer opportunism based on empirical evidence.
Rick Salutin - ColumnistAs NDP leader Tom Mulcair has peddled “social democracy,” which sounds like a dog whistle for “not socialists.”
Paul ChiassonTHE CANADIAN PRESSGreat debates: the theory of relativity vs. climate changehttps://www.thestar.com/opinion/commentary/2016/08/12/great-debates-the-theory-of-relativity-vs-climate-change.html
c1c64c55-f50b-484f-9e41-1f13bfec9825Fri, 12 Aug 2016 06:00:00 EDT
<img src="https://www.thestar.com/content/dam/thestar/opinion/commentary/2016/08/12/great-debates-the-theory-of-relativity-vs-climate-change/gt1ewiz3.jpg.size.xxlarge.original.jpg"/><br/>Why don’t we see scientists and philosophers more prominently on the public stage during elections?
Rick Salutin - ColumnistAlbert Einstein speaking during his Science And Civilization lecture at the Royal Albert Hall, London in 1933. His debates a decade earlier with French philosopher Henri Bergson capitivated the public.Getty Photo ArchiveDigesting some Olympian momentshttps://www.thestar.com/opinion/commentary/2016/08/05/digesting-some-olympian-moments.html
c1d91a7d-9cf3-4e46-ad8d-d82a86cb950eFri, 5 Aug 2016 06:00:00 EDT
<img src="https://www.thestar.com/content/dam/thestar/opinion/commentary/2016/08/05/digesting-some-olympian-moments/afpdu43y.jpg.size.xxlarge.original.jpg"/><br/>From corruption, to illness, to doping, the Rio Games seem made for cynical times
Rick Salutin - ColumnistThe Christ the Redeemer statue is seen through a set of Olympic rings at the Sambodromo archery venue in Rio de Janeiro on Thursday on the eve of the opening of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.JEWEL SAMADAFP/GETTY IMAGES